Israel has a relatively small standing army and its strength is based on its reserves.

以色列拥有一支规模相对较小的常备军，它的兵力基于其预备役部队。

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Israel is a regional hub of science, business and culture.

以色列是地区科学，商业和文化的中心。

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And clearly Iran is a threat, not only to Israel. This is a global threat, and the international community should act accordingly.

很明显，伊朗不仅是以色列的威胁，伊朗是全球的威胁，国际社会必须采取相应的行动。

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Efraim Inbar, director of Begin-Sadat Center for Strategic Studies at Israel's Bar-Ilan University is pessimistic about prospects for a breakthrough soon.

VOA: standard.2009.10.31

but do you find that there is a lot of different shades within that organization about how to approach Israel. -100%, yeah.

你有没有发现,组织中有很多不同的意见,存在于如何接近以色列这一问题上，-是很不同。

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Israel is believed to have a nuclear arsenal, but has not signed the Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty and is not subject to international inspections.

VOA: standard.2010.04.11

Instead it cultivated the fantasy that this anti-American, anti-Israel, Hamas-, Syria- and Iran-supporting regime is a trustworthy ally.

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